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Beating the Big C

Pharmaceutical Technology

.” While Pfizer is currently testing 18 medicines targeted against pancreatic, breast and lung cancers, figures released by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America [PhRMA] in April 2008 reveal that research companies are currently testing a record-breaking 750 experimental cancer drugs in America alone.

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PhRMA is going to have to write some big checks

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: President Biden wants to lower prescription drug costs. Even though prescription drug costs are only $.11 The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America raised nearly $527 million last year and spent roughly $506 million, new tax returns obtained by OpenSecrets reveal.

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Trump’s lie on drug prices

World of DTC Marketing

On January 4, 2021, two days before the insurrection and 16 days before Trump’s term ended, his administration proposed a new rule on drug prices, a major issue in both the 2016 and 2020 campaigns. According to the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, our federal government spent $298 billion on prescription drugs at that time.